salchow

noun

sal·chow ˈsal-ˌkau̇

-ˌkȯv,

-(ˌ)kō

often capitalized

: a figure-skating jump with a takeoff from the back inside edge of one skate followed by one or more full turns in the air and a landing on the back outside edge of the opposite skate

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Levito elegantly landed her triple lutz-half loop-triple salchow sequence and other most difficult jumps while captivating the crowd as the final skater of the evening. —

Janie McCauley, ajc, 28 Jan. 2023 The salchow is an edge jump, accomplished with a takeoff from the back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. —

Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022 Levito looked unfazed, elegantly landing her triple lutz-half loop-triple salchow sequence and other most difficult jumps while captivating the crowd as the final skater of the evening. —

Janie McCauley, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023 The quad salchow carries a base value of 9.70 points; Mr. Hanyu was given none of them. —

Dave Skretta, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for salchow